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    Ceremony: A Monomyth

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    WRITTEN IN MLA CITATION The book Ceremony by Silko researched as a Monomyth citation included Ceremony: An Analysis of the Hero’s Journey Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko is about the hardships faced by Tayo‚ a returned Native American World War Ⅱ Veteran. Tayo struggles throughout the novel to ascertain a resolution to the internal pandemonium he experiences in the form of battle fatigue. The story exhibits the stages of the Monomyth: a protagonist’s quest in relation to culture and self

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    Storytelling and its Importance In Leslie Marmon Silko’s Ceremony‚ the use of storytelling is quite prevalent. Within the framework of Ceremony there are references of the tradition of Native American storytelling along with the progression of telling a story. Storytelling within the Native American culture is oral‚ traditionally. The method of storytelling within Ceremony at the beginning lays down the framework of the entire book. Silko starts out the novel with a series of stories

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    In her article Yellow Woman and a Beauty of the Spirit‚ Leslie Marmon Silko illustrates her childhood experiences growing up on Laguna Pueblo Reservation in the 1950s. Not only does she address the struggles of her Native American community with the growing interference of outside "modern ways‚" but also her own struggles of being mixed raced during a period of great evolution‚ both on and off the reservation. Silko offers a glimpse into traditions and ideologies well-loved and treasured as they

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    Ceremony

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    There are many characters in the novel Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko that have their each personal and unique story behind them. Rocky‚ Tayo‚ Robert‚ Josiah‚ and Grandma are some characters who have different stories. One character who has a very interesting and unique story is Auntie. Auntie’s story is about her sacrifice for others and the burden she takes from her sister‚ Laura’s mistakes. Auntie had lived a rough life from her childhood and adolescent stage. Growing up she had a sister named

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    burial can also be uniquely diverse. Many consider ritualistic traditions that differ from their own to be somewhat strange and often perceive them as unnatural. A prime example would be the burial rituals of the Native American people. Leslie Marmon Silko’s story entitled The Man to Send Rain Clouds describes a funeral service carried out by a Native American Pueblo family. Though many perceive the funeral service narrated in this story to be lacking in emotion and also lacking respect for

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    Imploding the Miranda Complex in Julia Alvarez’s How the Garcia Girls Lost Their Accents Jennifer Bess The article of Jennifer Bess who is an assistant professor of Peace Studies at Coucher College in Baltimore‚ Maryland‚ starts with a quotation from Alice Walker’ s book The Way Forward Is with a Broken Heart: A diary like this‚ with so many blank pages‚ seems to reflect a life permeated with gaps‚ an existence full of holes. But perhaps that is what happens when one’s experience

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    The Passing

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    The following essay‚ “All It Takes Is One Good Ceremony‚” is an example of a sound discussion that focuses on one luminous detail – the color blue.  All It Takes Is One Good Ceremony             Leslie Marmon Silko’s novel‚ Ceremony‚ is filled with numerous networks of images.  The most notable images are bathed in the color blue and are found in the natural and unnatural worlds‚ as well as the spiritual and physical worlds.  The color blue abounds in the story of Tayo’s journey.  Tayo has just

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    POCAHONTAS AND THE MYTHICAL INDIAN WOMAN: REFORMING THE IMAGE THROUGH NATIVE AMERICAN FICTION Pocahontas. Americans know her as the beautiful‚ Indian woman who fell in love with the white settler John Smith and then threw her body upon the poor white captive to protect him from being brutally executed by her own savage tribe. The magical world of Walt Disney came out with their own movie version several years ago portraying Pocahontas as a tan‚ sexy Barbie doll figure and John Smith as a blond-haired

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    The Rise of Tayo

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    salvation of your soul. But to many‚ this type of church does not exist. To native-Americans‚ spirituality is defined as something more powerful than the church‚ stories and rituals is what takes part in fighting evil. In her novel Ceremony‚ Leslie Silko‚ defines spirituality in the process of storytelling to cure the natives of famine of their own origins. Storytelling in Ceremony does not only imply the course of telling a story‚ but the dignified and traditional storytelling to Native Americans

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    “The Man to Send Rain Clouds” The theme of Leslie Marmon Silko’s The Man to Send Rain Clouds revolves around the idea of maintaining your culture in the opposition of the “religious right.” Leon is faced with strong opposition about his tribe’s rituals in regard to the burying of one of their dead. That opposition comes from the Christian priest and his ideas of what is sacred. Cultures around the world embrace death in different ways. Some mourn and fear death; others accept it and find

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